Because of delays in renewals of gun licenses, there will be a shortfall of 10,000 hunters to control the feral deer in our native bush. Chaz Forsyth, chairman of Sporting shooters, says gun owners are livid at the delays for which there seems to be no reason. “It is almost a case of the Government […]
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 6:07 pm The “GunSafe” firearm data withheld from the New Zealand Herald for two years proves that the firearm confiscation following the Christchurch terror attack did not work, and the Government was wrong to act against licensed firearm owners. COLFO Spokesperson Hugh Devereux-Mack says that if the GunSafe data is correct, […]
Friday, 21 January 2022, 8:36 am Press Release: COLFO The Council of Licensed Firearms Owners (COLFO) says that punitive action from Police against legal firearms owners will not help reduce firearm thefts. Recently, Police Commissioner Andrew Coster indicated in the annual select committee review that licensed firearms owners who have firearms stolen may be charged […]
8:02AM, 18 January 2022 The public is in fear of firearm violence because of deliberate misinformation, but the real story is that the 2021 statistics on firearms violence are no different to the previous three years. President of the NZ Police Association Chris Cahill has claimed that ‘gang tensions and rising gun violence are contributing […]
An “Independent” unit? In announcing a new Firearm Regulatory Unit “separate from, but still aligned to Police” Police Minister Hon. Poto Williams has reneged on a previous commitment by Labour to set up an Independent Firearm Authority to administer the Arms Act. She went on to claim “This Government has a strong track record on […]
Recent statements attributed to the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Coster, have repeated previous allegations from police that gangs acquire their firearms from licensed firearms owners. That is a significant distortion of the truth and by implication Coster maligns a quarter of a million carefully and properly vetted New Zealanders. The Commissioner very conveniently fails to […]
Following the recent Sun newspaper article, we sought the opinion of a 3D printing specialist here in NZ, and following is his reply: First off, a “Ghost Gun” is a firearm, usually home made, that lacks serial numbers. 3D Printing is nothing to do with it, any more than a hacksaw is. Back in the […]
We have every sympathy for front line officers caught up in the recent shooting incidents in Hamilton and Auckland over the past week, however we refute the Commissioners assertion that the source of guns in the hands of criminals is from burglaries of law abiding owners (5:20). He refuses to acknowledge that if millions of […]
A police officer is shot in Hamilton and in a media release commenting on that, the Police Minister has said “Cabinet was “working on the process” of getting a gun register in place to stop these weapons getting into the wrong hands”, Williams said. “We will make decisions on that as soon as we can.” […]
Are our Police fit for purpose asks Neville Dodd president of Sporting Shooters. If the “purpose” is the administration of the firearms law, they themselves wrote then “the answer is clearly a resounding no! Look at their current gross under-performance” he says. Some obvious examples are: • Grossly excessive delays in processing applications (see table […]
